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‘False, fabricated, politically motivated’: Delhi court on sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan Singh

‘False, fabricated, politically motivated’: Delhi court on sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan Singh

A Delhi court, while acquitting former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, had held that the sexual harassment allegations against him were “false” and “fabricated”, and part of a “deep conspiracy which seems to be politically motivated”. Last week, a Delhi court acquitted Singh, former BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, and Vinod Tomar, former WFI assistant secretary, for lack of evidence, two years after the trial began. (Shrikant Singh) Last week, a Delhi court acquitted Singh, former BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, and Vinod Tomar, former WFI assistant secretary, for lack of evidence, two years after the trial began. “Allegations are false and fabricated” In a detailed judgment, parts of which HT has seen, additional chief judicial magistrate Ashwini Panwar observed: “I have no hitch in saying that the version given by the victims…discredits the prosecution case completely and also shows that the entire allegations are false and fabricated, made against the accused persons in a deep conspiracy which seems to be politically motivated.” Also read | Brij Bhushan cleared in sexual …

Sexual harassment case: Brij Bhushan gets rousing welcome after acquittal

Sexual harassment case: Brij Bhushan gets rousing welcome after acquittal

Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Thursday received a grand welcome, with flower petals showered on his convoy using excavators, as he returned to his home district of Gonda for the first time after being acquitted in the sexual harassment case filed by wrestlers. Singh arrived at the international airport in Ayodhya by chartered aircraft, where supporters welcomed him with drums, music and slogans, reported PTI.  Thousands of supporters lined the route from the airport, while flower petals were showered on his convoy using excavators. Slogans of “Sher Aaya” (the lion has arrived) rang out, and fireworks were set off as hundreds of vehicles accompanied his convoy. The BJP leader is a former Lok Sabha MP from Gonda’s Kaisarganj constituency. In neighbouring Ayodhya, Singh travelled in an open jeep to the Hanumangarhi temple, where he offered prayers from outside and sought blessings from the seers. During the procession, his elder son and Gonda Sadar MLA Prateek Bhushan Singh waved a mace from the sunroof of the vehicle and declared …

Special to Express | ‘Today we can stand without fear, look Brij Bhushan in the eye, and tell him — we are not going anywhere’: Vinesh Phogat | Sport-others News

Right from the morning of Friday, May 10, my fellow wrestlers and I were waiting to know what happens in court. We had logged in online but the connection had snapped for a while. Later in the afternoon, it was someone from our team of lawyers who informed Sakshi (Malik) that charges have been framed. I was at training when I got the news. The framing of charges (sexual harassment and outraging modesty of women) against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a win for us but our battle will continue in court. Today we can stand without fear, our head held high, look him in the eye, the man we were afraid of for so many years. Brij Bhushan has got the message that we are not going anywhere until women wrestlers get justice. The framing of charges also sends a strong message that women can take on powerful men and they don’t have to be afraid. Protesting against someone so powerful was not easy, …